San Onofre Update 8/15

Rate cut suggested for San Onofre ratepayers San Jose Mercury News SAN DIEGO—Utility customers who are paying $650 million a year to maintain the San Onofre nuclear power plant should have their bills immediately slashed because the plant has been shut down since January due to damaged steam generator and shows ...

Agency calls for rate cut over San Onofre outage Los Angeles Times Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric ratepayers should have their bills immediately reduced because the San Onofre nuclear power plant remains shuttered, a state ratepayer advocate said Monday. Customers are continuing to pay for ...

Rate cut suggested for San Onofre ratepayers KTVN SAN DIEGO (AP) - A state advocate says utility customers shouldn't have to pay $650 million a year to maintain the San Onofre nuclear power plant, which has been shut down since January. The North County Times (bit.ly/NxY0tT) says the head of the ...

Electrical grid holds up to heat wave U-T San Diego Adequate electricity supplies are evidence of effective contingency planning for a summer without the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, McCorkle said. The coastal power plant in Northern San Diego County has been offline since Jan. 31 because of ...

EXPECT BREAK IN HEAT WAVE TO BE SHORT U-T San Diego The problem is complicated by the temporary shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which is experiencing structural and operational problems. Normally, San Onofre provides about 20 percent of the power consumed in San Diego.

Californians told to go easy on power amid heat U-T San Diego California's power grid must handle high demand without help from the twin-reactor San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which has been offline since January following the discovery of damaged tubes in its steam generators. The National Weather ...

Public urged to cut power even as heat eases U-T San Diego But air conditioners will be humming, and utilities will have to strain to reach demand. As we have noted in previous stories, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is down for repair. The station usually provides about 20 percent of San Diego's power.